Turkish club players received red cards for fighting among themselves: team reaction.

Unpredictable situation at the football match in Turkey

According to The Sun: The match in Turkey's second league turned into a real scandal due to an incident when one of the players hit his teammate.

The team 'Sakaryaspor' played against 'Pendikspor' at Pendik Stadium on Thursday.

The hosts confidently won 4:1, but it was the players of 'Sakaryaspor' who made the headlines.

In the 76th minute of the match, a conflict arose between Kaner Erkin and Burak Altıparmak.

Their teammates were shocked and tried to calm the situation.

But the 36-year-old Erkin did the unthinkable — he hit the 34-year-old Altıparmak in the face.

The referee, witnessing this incident, immediately showed a red card to the offender.

The next day, 'Sakaryaspor' decided to suspend both players indefinitely.

Altıparmak made the following statement: “The great community of Sakaryaspor. First of all, I want to note that the incident in the match against Pendikspor deeply saddened all of us. However, in the latest statements made in the public, the course of events does not reflect the truth. The first rude and disrespectful behavior came from the other side, not from me.”

“Other players who were with us at the time also testify about this situation. Although Kaner Erkin came to me the day after the match (26.09.2025) and apologized to me and my family, I do not accept that he tried to insult me in his statement today. At this moment, the common good and the success of 'Sakaryaspor' are more important to me. I hope the incident will be resolved in a way that does not harm the team before it escalates further.”

Several notorious incidents between teammates

This is not the first time teammates have clashed during a match. For example, last season, Manchester United players Rasmus Hojlund and Amad Diallo got into a heated dispute after the final whistle in a match against Viktoria Plzen in the Europa League.

In January, Ben White and Oleksandr Zinchenko had to be restrained by the coach after Arsenal's 2-1 win over Nottingham.

At the start of the 2019-2020 season, Tyrone Mings and Anwar El-Gazi had a conflict during the game against West Ham.

One of the most notorious cases of conflicts among teammates occurred in 1995 when Blackburn Rovers players David Batty and Graham Le Saux clashed during a match against Spartak Moscow, resulting in Le Saux hitting Batty, breaking his arm — Tim Sherwood then intervened.

Tottenham players Hugo Lloris and Son Heung-min also quarreled in the locker room after the match against Everton, and in 2005, Lee Bowyer had a fight with Kieron Dyer during Newcastle's defeat to Aston Villa.

Thus, the incident in the match between 'Sakaryaspor' and 'Pendikspor' became just one of many examples of the emotions that can flare up in the world of professional football. It reminds us of how important it is to maintain team spirit and resolve conflicts peacefully so as not to harm the common success.